Portrait Drawing Course Term 1, Lesson 5: Boundaries

This video is Lesson 5 of the 'Learning to see' term - in this lesson we'll take our first look at tonal shapes, with an exploration of hard, soft and lost tonal edges and tonal gradients. I'll show you how you can map those tones out in a drawing, before elaborating on tonal value. As always, to get full benefit from the course, watch one video per month, practicing for at least 2 hours per week over the course of that month, before moving on to the next lesson.

You will need:

• Your drawing medium of choice

• Something to draw on

Your assignments are:

• Make 1 continuous line drawing focusing on tonal shapes (10 mins+)

• Make a tonal map / block in (45 mins +)

• Optional: Add tonal value to the map (45 mins +)

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Sharing your work

If you post any work from the course on social media please do tag me (@jakespicerart) and Draw (@draw_brighton) so that I can see what you've made! You can also share your drawings to the Draw Brighton Community Notice Board on Facebook.

Practice

• Practice from one of our photosets HERE.

• You'll find all the reference images from todays video below.

• Come to Portrait Club or a live online or in-person session via our programme HERE!

Links

• Watch our interview with Caragh Savage HERE

• Follow Caragh Savage on Instagram HERE

• Find my books HERE

• Visit the course overview on Patreon HERE

• Visit the course page of the Draw Navigator HERE

• The music on todays video was by Paper Planes
  

<< Visit the previous lesson Term 1, Lesson 4: Constellations HERE

>> Watch week's lesson, Term 1, Lesson 6: Distances HERE 

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Practice from Tilli's photoset HERE

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Practice from Priss's photoset HERE

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Practice from Urte's photoset HERE

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Guidelines for using the photographs

Please do:

• Use the pictures to draw, paint, print and sculpt from, being as realistic or creative as you like

• Share the artwork you’ve made with us and the world - in books, in exhibitions, on social media, or on your fridge

• Tag us in work you make (@drawbrighton / #drawbrighton) – you don’t have to, but we love to see what you’ve made!

• Edit the screenshots as reference for your own drawings - you can change the contrasts, colours and backgrounds to provide more tailored reference for yourself.

Please don't:

• Share these pictures with anybody else – they are between you and us

• Share the pictures themselves online – thanks for respecting our models’ privacy

• Edit the pictures themselves for artwork – we want to see original work you’ve made

Thanks!

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Having trouble viewing the video? You can watch it directly HERE